Zphx
@zphx2.bsky.social
Vermonter following H.D. Thoreau 170 years ago today.
A Book of the Seasons, https://ztonephruit.blogspot.com/search/label/BOS
A Book of the Seasons, https://ztonephruit.blogspot.com/search/label/BOS
How pleasant to walk
over beds of these fresh crisp
rustling fallen leaves.
Beautiful they go
painted of a thousand hues –
clean, light and frisky.
Merrily they go
scampering over the earth
selecting their graves.
HDT ~ October 20, 1853
over beds of these fresh crisp
rustling fallen leaves.
Beautiful they go
painted of a thousand hues –
clean, light and frisky.
Merrily they go
scampering over the earth
selecting their graves.
HDT ~ October 20, 1853
October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
How pleasant to walk
over beds of these fresh crisp
rustling fallen leaves.
Beautiful they go
painted of a thousand hues –
clean, light and frisky.
Merrily they go
scampering over the earth
selecting their graves.
HDT ~ October 20, 1853
over beds of these fresh crisp
rustling fallen leaves.
Beautiful they go
painted of a thousand hues –
clean, light and frisky.
Merrily they go
scampering over the earth
selecting their graves.
HDT ~ October 20, 1853
A Novemberish Day
In this clear cold light
your thoughts sparkle like
the silver-plated river.
HDT ~ October 16, 1859
In this clear cold light
your thoughts sparkle like
the silver-plated river.
HDT ~ October 16, 1859
October 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
A Novemberish Day
In this clear cold light
your thoughts sparkle like
the silver-plated river.
HDT ~ October 16, 1859
In this clear cold light
your thoughts sparkle like
the silver-plated river.
HDT ~ October 16, 1859
The witch-hazel here
is in full blossom on this
magical hillside.
(All the year is a spring.)
HDT ~ October 9, 1851
is in full blossom on this
magical hillside.
(All the year is a spring.)
HDT ~ October 9, 1851
October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The witch-hazel here
is in full blossom on this
magical hillside.
(All the year is a spring.)
HDT ~ October 9, 1851
is in full blossom on this
magical hillside.
(All the year is a spring.)
HDT ~ October 9, 1851
Single red maple
bright against the cold green pines –
now seen a mile off.
HDT ~ September 26, 1854
bright against the cold green pines –
now seen a mile off.
HDT ~ September 26, 1854
September 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Single red maple
bright against the cold green pines –
now seen a mile off.
HDT ~ September 26, 1854
bright against the cold green pines –
now seen a mile off.
HDT ~ September 26, 1854
On Heywood's Peak by Walden.
How soothing to sit on a stump
on this height overlooking the pond
and study the dimpling circles
incessantly inscribed
and again erased
on the smooth and otherwise
invisible surface
amid the reflected skies.
HDT ~ September 20, 1852
How soothing to sit on a stump
on this height overlooking the pond
and study the dimpling circles
incessantly inscribed
and again erased
on the smooth and otherwise
invisible surface
amid the reflected skies.
HDT ~ September 20, 1852
September 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On Heywood's Peak by Walden.
How soothing to sit on a stump
on this height overlooking the pond
and study the dimpling circles
incessantly inscribed
and again erased
on the smooth and otherwise
invisible surface
amid the reflected skies.
HDT ~ September 20, 1852
How soothing to sit on a stump
on this height overlooking the pond
and study the dimpling circles
incessantly inscribed
and again erased
on the smooth and otherwise
invisible surface
amid the reflected skies.
HDT ~ September 20, 1852
Now begins the year's
dark green early afternoon
when shadows increase.
HDT ~ August 23, 1853
dark green early afternoon
when shadows increase.
HDT ~ August 23, 1853
August 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Now begins the year's
dark green early afternoon
when shadows increase.
HDT ~ August 23, 1853
dark green early afternoon
when shadows increase.
HDT ~ August 23, 1853
An indistinct path
leading through a dense birch wood
quite out of our course.
Far in the southwest
the locomotive whistle
sounds like a bell.
We continue to
go out of our way till we
are completely lost.
HDT ~ August 15, 1854
leading through a dense birch wood
quite out of our course.
Far in the southwest
the locomotive whistle
sounds like a bell.
We continue to
go out of our way till we
are completely lost.
HDT ~ August 15, 1854
August 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
An indistinct path
leading through a dense birch wood
quite out of our course.
Far in the southwest
the locomotive whistle
sounds like a bell.
We continue to
go out of our way till we
are completely lost.
HDT ~ August 15, 1854
leading through a dense birch wood
quite out of our course.
Far in the southwest
the locomotive whistle
sounds like a bell.
We continue to
go out of our way till we
are completely lost.
HDT ~ August 15, 1854
Now after sunset
the river is full of light
in the dark landscape.
HDT ~ August 14, 1854
the river is full of light
in the dark landscape.
HDT ~ August 14, 1854
August 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Now after sunset
the river is full of light
in the dark landscape.
HDT ~ August 14, 1854
the river is full of light
in the dark landscape.
HDT ~ August 14, 1854
The insect that comes
for the pollen of a plant
becomes part of it.
HDT ~ July 29, 1853
for the pollen of a plant
becomes part of it.
HDT ~ July 29, 1853
July 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The insect that comes
for the pollen of a plant
becomes part of it.
HDT ~ July 29, 1853
for the pollen of a plant
becomes part of it.
HDT ~ July 29, 1853
Late rose now in prime –
the memory of roses
along the river.
HDT ~ July 23, 1860
the memory of roses
along the river.
HDT ~ July 23, 1860
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Late rose now in prime –
the memory of roses
along the river.
HDT ~ July 23, 1860
the memory of roses
along the river.
HDT ~ July 23, 1860
I first hear the locust sing
so dry and piercing
by the side of the pine woods
in the heat of the day
HDT ~ July 18, 1851
so dry and piercing
by the side of the pine woods
in the heat of the day
HDT ~ July 18, 1851
July 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I first hear the locust sing
so dry and piercing
by the side of the pine woods
in the heat of the day
HDT ~ July 18, 1851
so dry and piercing
by the side of the pine woods
in the heat of the day
HDT ~ July 18, 1851
A fine misty rain
lies on the reddish grass tops
like morning cobwebs.
HDT ~ July 14, 1854
lies on the reddish grass tops
like morning cobwebs.
HDT ~ July 14, 1854
July 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A fine misty rain
lies on the reddish grass tops
like morning cobwebs.
HDT ~ July 14, 1854
lies on the reddish grass tops
like morning cobwebs.
HDT ~ July 14, 1854
How curves and angles
combine in pleasing outline –
the scarlet oak leaf!
HDT ~ November 11, 1858
combine in pleasing outline –
the scarlet oak leaf!
HDT ~ November 11, 1858
July 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
How curves and angles
combine in pleasing outline –
the scarlet oak leaf!
HDT ~ November 11, 1858
combine in pleasing outline –
the scarlet oak leaf!
HDT ~ November 11, 1858
Bream poised over its
sandy nest on waving fin –
how aboriginal!
So it has poised here
and watched its ova before
this New World was known.
HDT ~ July 10, 1853
sandy nest on waving fin –
how aboriginal!
So it has poised here
and watched its ova before
this New World was known.
HDT ~ July 10, 1853
July 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bream poised over its
sandy nest on waving fin –
how aboriginal!
So it has poised here
and watched its ova before
this New World was known.
HDT ~ July 10, 1853
sandy nest on waving fin –
how aboriginal!
So it has poised here
and watched its ova before
this New World was known.
HDT ~ July 10, 1853
They will not forget to remember the fallen dead: Members of the 16th Vt killed or died from wounds at Gettysburg
tinyurl.com/16thVTkilled
tinyurl.com/16thVTkilled
May 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
They will not forget to remember the fallen dead: Members of the 16th Vt killed or died from wounds at Gettysburg
tinyurl.com/16thVTkilled
tinyurl.com/16thVTkilled
